Surgical-bandage package.



P. S. BAUER. SURGICAL BANDAGE PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1910.

Patentgd Feb. 24, 1914.

UNITED STATES v PATENT OFFICE.

PERRY S. BAUER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-HOR TO BAUER & BLACK, OFCHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SURGICAL-BANDAGE PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Feb.,24, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERRY S. BAUER a citizen of the United States,residingat C icago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful improvements in Surgical-Bandage Packages, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to surgical bandage packages of the type which areusually sold to the trade by the pound, and to the method of putting upthe packages'ready for sale and use. I

It is an object of my invention to provlde' a package of this characterwhich shall maintain the bandage in a thoroughly antiseptic condition,which will adequately protect the bandages, and which can be easily andreadily opened when the contents are needed.

As is well known bandages of this character are now generally sold bythe manufacturer by the pound, and it is very desirable that the packagein which the bandages are wrapped shall be as light as possible, andstill afiord ample protection to the contents.

It is an aim of my invention to provide a package which shall be li ht,strong, and

durable, and from which t, e contents may be easily and quickly removedwithout tearing the wrapplng. v

n the accompanying drawmfgs illustrat ing a preferred embodiment o myinvention, Fi ure 1 is a Ian of a bandage roll.

.Fig. 2 s ows the rol as partially wrapped '7 is an elevation of thecompleted package.

Referring to the drawings, 8 designates the bandage material wrapped uptightly in a long roll. A strip of impervious material 9, preferablparaffin paper, sufliciently flexible, slig tly longer than thecircumference of the bandage roll and of a width substantially equal tothe le h of the roll, is Wrapped tightly around t e roll completelycovering and inclosing the longitudinal sides thereof. This strip ofimpervious material is not sealed or fastened on the roll by wax,Inucilage, orany other adhesive, but is mechanically held in place inany suitable manner until the application of the caps 10 prevent it fromunrolling. Each cap 10 is formed from a circular disk 11 (Fig. 5) ofimpervious material, preferably parafiin paper like the primary covering9. One of these disks is placed over each end of the roll and the outeredges thereof are crushed or folded down longitudinally of the roll sothat the edges overlap the primary covering 9 and retain it in posit1on.It will be apparent that the bandage roll proper is now completelyinclosed by a wrapping of paraflin paper or any suitable imperviousmaterial, the longitudinal sides being protected by the primary wrapping9, and the ends completely inclosed and protected by the caps 10 formedfrom the disks 11.

In order to retain the protective covering of impervious material inposition on the roll, I wrap the covered roll in a jacket or casing 12,which comprises merely a strip of relatively inflexible materialpreferably heavier than the primar covering 9 such as card board or verysti paper of a width substantiall equal to the length of a roll. Oneedge 0 the strip is preferably supplied, as at 13, with mucilage. Thisstrip 12 is wrapped tightly around the covered pandage roll and, asshown in Fi 6, it embraces the depending portions of t e caps 10 andsecurely maintains the protective covering in position. When the outercasing or jacket has. been applied and sealed, a completed package, asshown in Fig. 7, of neat hppearance and with no projecting edges orflanges, results.

In the package as completed, the bandage roll is maintained inantiseptic condition by the impervious wrapping with which it isentirely inclosed both on its sides and ends and is adequately protectedagainst rough usage in handling by the outer casing or jacket ofrelatively stifi material; and furthermore, it affords no projectingedges which could be accidentally torn or broken away,'thereby admittingair and dirt to the interior of the package.

When it is desired to open a package, the bandage roll with itsprotective covering,

are not secured by any adhesive, and the" primary wrapping can beremoved without trouble. 1

The package .is simple in construction, easy to make, is strong anddurable, and it does not materially. add to'the weight of the bandageroll, whiEh is avery desirable feature ashas been previously explained,where the bandage packages are sold by the pound.

While I have shown and described a preferred embodiment of my inventionand the preferred method of making the same, it will be understood thatvarious changes in minor mechanical details of structure and ofprocedure in the manufacturing as well as in the nature and weight ofmaterial forming the various coverings, may be' resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the sacrificing of any ofthe material advantages thereof.

disposed across each end and folded down around theuroll to inclose theends of the roll, and a single sheet of relatively heavy material ofwidth equal substantially to the length of the roll-wrapped about theroll and about the folded portions of the sheets embracing the ends ofthe roll and having its ends overlapped and secured together.

PERRY S. BAUER.

Witnesses FRED A; F onmncnn, O'r'ro C. ScHULz.

